I have watched all of the seasons of Ozark on Netflix. I have binged. I must admit that I am direly disappointed in the human kind, whether it provides a realistic base for the atrocities of Ozark, or the likelihood of its fictions.
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The Limits of Ideology
I have defended the idea of ideology per se and have disparaged the idea that anyone can operate without an ideology. The self-proclaimed non-ideological person is really one who has an implicit and therefore unexamined or underexamined ideology. No one really judges everything case by case as if nothing were related to anything else. We all have principles of some sort.
Johnny Got His Gun
I know that Dalton Trumbo was alleged to be a member of some chapter of the communist gang. I know that Dalton Trumbo was purported to be on Hollywood’s black list.
Get Brittney Griner Back? Sure — But Release Her Counterparts in America, Too
I’d personally like to see Griner released. I suspect most Americans agree with me. But the political outrage over her arrest feels quite manufactured given that hundreds of thousands of Americans get treated like Griner every year by their own governments.
Libertarians Aren’t on Right or Left
The best definition of libertarianism I’ve run across is “someone who rejects the use of force against anyone who isn’t currently violating the life, liberty, or property of another.”
The Distributive Distraction
“Of the tendencies that are harmful to sound economics, the most seductive, and in my opinion the most poisonous, is to focus on questions of distribution.” That’s probably the most famous sentence that Nobel laureate Robert Lucas ever said.
Copying Isn’t Theft, Even When China Does It
r/AskReddit asked, “Why do you think people aren’t watching the Olympics?” To which I responded, “Because watching the Olympics would be supporting the communist and fascist state of China and their terrible human rights abuses spanning decades.” The following conversation on “intellectual property” with a few people ensued.
The Respect for Marriage Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Instead of hoping the federal government will protect our rights from state governments in the issuance of “licenses,” we’d all be better off with government out of marriage entirely.
Why Am I an Anarchist?
Simply put, I am a selfish bastard. My ego is too important to me, and no one values my life more than I do. No one ever will.
COVID-19: Block the “Emergency” to “New Normal” Pipeline
In mid-July, the Biden administration extended a January 2020 COVID-19 “public health emergency” declaration through mid-October of this year. An administration official justifies the renewal of the “emergency” declaration because it “continues to provide us with tools and authorities needed to respond” to the virus.